Children’s lives are at risk in swimming pools across the country as government agencies waffle on how to enforce a new federal law, child safety advocates say. The law requires new drain covers on pool filtration systems.
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Solar eclipse excitement sweeps Asia
Skywatchers are gathering from parking lots in western India to music festivals on remote Japanese islands to witness what NASA describes as an "exceptionally long" total solar eclipse that will cross half the planet on Wednesday.
Saving black marriages: Does it take a village?
From the outside, Johnny and Shanna Woodbury looked like the perfect couple. They had been married 13 years, owned multiple properties and were successful managers
Swine flu a worry for summer camps
Parents who send their children to summer camps have the added concern of swine flu this season.
Eco-boat attempts perilous Arctic voyage
An eco-friendly French boat is hoping to successfully cross the perilous Arctic sea passage that links the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific. “Le Mangier” is attempting to navigate the icy, unpredictable Northern Sea Route, a 6,000 mile passage that skims the northern coast of Siberia. It is a trip that only a handful of leisure boats in history have successfully completed
Obama on slavery: ‘Capacity for cruelty still exists’
President Obama slowly walked across the grounds of Cape Coast Castle, a slave outpost in Ghana where hundreds of thousands of Africans were shipped as human cargo to a life of bondage in the United States, South America and the Caribbean.
Man must choose between selling kidney or child
Mohammed Iqbal said he has been told by his landlord to pay up on debts and is left with a choice facing others in this impoverished corner of Pakistan: Sell your children or a kidney. For the 50-year-old Iqbal, there is only one option. Despite a law passed in late 2007 banning transplants for money, he has decided to sell his kidney and has already been for pre-operation tests
Swim club in racial flap says it can’t afford lawsuit
A suburban Pennsylvania swim club accused of racism says it cannot afford to fight a lawsuit that may come from the club kicking out a largely minority daycare.
Debbie Rowe’s lawyer: No deal in Jackson case
No deal has been reached between Michael Jackson’s mother and his ex-wife over the custody of the late singer’s children, according to a lawyer in the case. Eric George, who represents Debbie Rowe, the biological mother of Jackson’s two oldest children, said a newspaper report that Rowe had agreed to take $4 million not to challenge Katherine Jackson for custody was “completely false.” Jackson’s lawyer has not responded to requests for comment Tuesday. The Jackson family lawyer said last week that they were working to “privately and amicably resolve” the matter.
Sotomayor was schoolgirl with focus, determination, friends say
The teenage Sonia Sotomayor was easy to spot in the halls of her New York high school. BRONX, New York (CNN) — The teenage Sonia Sotomayor was easy to spot in the halls of her New York high school.